I didn't see a thread for SDCC coverage (other than the exclusives) so just posted this here. I was looking through some of the pics from SDCC, and checking out the Joe stuff...what are the red/white carded figures that are in the background of their Joe cases? Maybe this was revealed somewhere and I just missed it, but they were much different cardbacks than the Retaliation stuff.

I didn't see a thread for SDCC coverage (other than the exclusives) so just posted this here. I was looking through some of the pics from SDCC, and checking out the Joe stuff...what are the red/white carded figures that are in the background of their Joe cases? Maybe this was revealed somewhere and I just missed it, but they were much different cardbacks than the Retaliation stuff.

Those are the Dollar General GI Joes. Currently they are very hard to find (and thus, very expensive on ebay) but supposedly more should be hitting Dollar General stores in the coming months.

They may have been sold in Dollar General but they were $6 each so that guy just did the standard and doubled it. I really liked them more than what Hasbro put out for the Retaliation movie, though...well, I liked the GI Joe Trooper from the movie line.

But, yeah, the Dollar General figs have been hard to find. I scored a full set in one shot at a store on the other side of the lake and then found 2 more at a store in a town about 15 miles from here. Both stores are in really small towns and kind of out of the way.

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Saw them at the local toy show... $75 a set. Whoo boy. That, for dollar store figures? hah!

That was about my limit with shipping when I was fishing for them on Ebay, but kept getting sniped at the last few seconds so just gave up. Would be nice if Hasbro found another way to get these in the hands of the fans like they mentioned at SDCC in one of the qna's.

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^ Same at my local Target. I wish I'd have grabbed that Ninja VAMP now. I saw it last Thursday and Friday night I decided to grab it, but by the time I got back there the space in the aisle was gone and only a few figures were out on an endcap.

Oh well. I'll just make sure I grab it next spring. It does seem weird to me that Target would just take the stuff off the shelves instead of putting it on clearance.